wow, considering one person wrote a personal opinion of their test drive in an E92, why the hell has this turned into a nut hugger (dare I say GTR "style") debate. Everyone is going to have their personal opinion of certain things. Being as he wrote his personal opinion of this car, the correct way to have responded was with constructive criticism if you disagreed. Attacking his knowledge was unnecessary. I personally am not as knowledgeable as some of you about the M3's, so I really can't argue.
But I will state that for feeling and connectivity, I prefer a conventional manual shifter. Not saying it's the best out there and always will be, it's just my preference.